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...Padgett. With reporting by Dolly Mascarenas/Havana
...little surprise that the Miami family appeared a little muted after the 90 minutes of oral argument. "I think they expected that their argument that a six-year-old can seek political asylum would have been more sympathetically received by the court," says TIME Miami bureau chief Tim Padgett from Atlanta. "Instead, it encountered more scrutiny and skepticism than they were prepared for. At the same time, though, two of the judges rattled the federal government by expressing serious concerns about the kinds of conditions Elian would grow up under in Cuba. Still, by the end Judge Edmondson indicated that...
...contrast with the period before and immediately after Elian's removal from Miami, almost all the talking Thursday was done by lawyers. "The Miami family refrained entirely from talking to the media," says Padgett. "They appear to be very subdued." Elian's father, Juan Miguel Gonzalez, stayed away from the proceedings entirely, and the six-year-old at the center of the whole affair spent the day with his Cuban playmates at a farm for exotic animals near the estate where they're sequestered. Although the justices vowed to quickly review the appeal, a ruling could still be weeks away...
...Reported by Tim Padgett and Timothy Roche/Miami and Elaine Shannon and Jay Branegan/Washington
...Reported by Tim Padgett and Timothy Roche/Miami, Jay Branegan and Elaine Shannon/Washington and Dolly Mascarenas/Havana